Do kids need academic work over the summer? The short (and easy) answer is yes! The more nuanced question is: how much work is necessary?
Despite a lot of practice, I’m still trying to find the balance between being an independent pinnacle of strength and knowing when to ask for help. Cue the conversation in my head in which I’m torn between “putting my big girl pants on” and powering through, and telling myself I’d be an idiot not to confide in a friend/hire help/commiserate with my mom.
There are some breathtaking properties not far from New York City that you’ve surely heard of, or perhaps visited, like the John D. Rockefeller mansion in Mount Pleasant, NY and the John Jacob Astor estate further up the Hudson River in Rhinebeck.
